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October 31, 2018 188 replies
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Q1. Europe's highest human rights court ruled last Friday that disparagement of religious doctrines such as insulting the Prophet Muhammad isn't protected by freedom of expression and can be prosecuted. In general, which do you value more highly, freedom of expression or the right to have religious feelings protected?
male
female
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ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+

Freedom expression

84%
86%
83%
83%
85%
86%
100%
92%
76%

Religious feelings protected

4%
5%
2%
1%
2%
9%
0%
1%
6%

It all depends on the religion in question

5%
5%
4%
11%
3%
0%
0%
2%
7%

Other

3%
1%
5%
3%
3%
2%
0%
2%
5%

Don't know

2%
1%
3%
0%
5%
1%
0%
1%
3%

Don't care

0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Q2. Given that President Trump has made it clear that would-be immigrants in caravans will not be welcome at the US border, what do you think is the main reason members of the caravan (which started in Honduras, is now in Mexico and intending to reach the US to seek asylum) joined it?
male
female
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ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+

Nothing to lose/anything is better than where they are coming from

59%
56%
61%
24%
64%
90%
56%
62%
57%

They expect leniency at the US border from immigration officials

7%
11%
3%
17%
4%
0%
0%
6%
9%

They aren't aware of Trump's position

0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
0%
0%
0%

Aware of Trump's position but think he won't follow his words with actions

7%
11%
3%
11%
3%
6%
15%
5%
6%

They believe they can enter illegally

22%
16%
28%
39%
26%
0%
27%
22%
21%

Other

2%
3%
1%
6%
1%
0%
0%
3%
2%

Don't know

0%
1%
0%
0%
0%
1%
0%
0%
1%

Don't care

0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Q3. On Monday the Trump administration enacted controls on exports of all “commodities, software and technology” to a Chinese chipmaker. Observers have called this this a new front in the US war on China's economic policies. In general, do you think the world will be more linked economically by integrated trade and supply networks 30 years from now, or less so? And which would you prefer?
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female
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ind
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18-29
30-44
45-64
65+

World will be more integrated, which is what I prefer

48%
53%
43%
24%
51%
70%
23%
50%
51%

World will be more integrated, though I prefer it to be less so

22%
20%
25%
42%
17%
9%
39%
24%
19%

World will be less integrated, which is what I prefer

6%
5%
7%
7%
9%
0%
0%
8%
6%

World will be less integrated, though I prefer it to be more so

3%
4%
2%
2%
2%
5%
0%
3%
4%

None of these

3%
3%
3%
7%
1%
0%
0%
2%
4%

Don't know

15%
11%
18%
14%
16%
13%
37%
11%
13%

Don't care

0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
In the European case in question, a woman called Muhammad a pedophile, citing the fact that he married one of his wives when she was 6. The jury found her comment to be disparaging because she didn't advise her audience (a seminar offered by a right-wing political party) of the historical background (that Muhammad stayed married to the girl until his death, at which point she was 18, and therefore that Muhammad's motives need not be pedophilia).

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